Friday traffic: Slow-downs forming on I-94 in Minneapolis

As the peak of the rush hour approaches, traffic is getting tight on westbound I-94 heading into downtown Minneapolis. Speeds drop around the Mississippi River and it's snug over to the Lowry Hill Tunnel.

Northbound I-35W is moving well from Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis, about 12 minutes.

Drivers are navigating around a crash on eastbound 94 at the Lowry Hill Tunnel.

You can see a little bit of everything on the roads. This was spotted on northbound I-35W near Hwy. 13 in Burnsville

This is the weekend for the Back to the 50s car show at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and some of the 12,000 street rods are arriving That explains the extra traffic on Snelling Avenue between Larpenteur and Como avenues in the Falcon Heights area.

Drivers can plan on more weekend closures in the spring as the $239 million I-35W downtown-to-Crosstown project continues until 2021. In a shred of good news, MnDOT will reopen ramp access from northbound I-35W to 5th Avenue on Monday.

Winter's arrival has not put the chill on road construction as drivers will encounter another weekend freeway closure in Minneapolis, and bridge work in Forest Lake is expected to bring traffic delays.